When our youngest daughter was 6 or 7 years old, she made a bouquet of paper flowers from scratch. I was very excited because...
A Flower-Makers’ Great Granddaughter
We Are As Good As We Can Be
Several summers ago I was looking for seashells at the beach during a family vacation. Because my friends and I had agreed to sing songs for an event for people living in poverty with AIDS after the vacation, I decided to bring lots of beautiful, perfect shells for the occasion. My thinking was that since … Continue reading We Are As Good As We Can Be
A Tribute to a Piano Technician
A few weeks ago, my husband showed me an obituary of Mr. Melvin Frye. Melvin first came to tune our piano when our older children were still taking piano lessons. We owned—and still own—a red Yamaha upright piano similar to the one I grew up playing in Japan. Though Melvin was a Steinway specialist, he … Continue reading A Tribute to a Piano Technician
Accompanist for the Soul 